Ecology
Plants are referred to as this type of "troph"
What is an autotroph?
This organelle is where photosynthesis takes place
What is the Chloroplast?
This is the monomer of DNA
What is a nucleotide?
The variable being tested in an experiment
What is a dependent variable?
This process creates genetically different cells
What is meiosis?
Survival of the fittest is called this
What is natural selection?
An herbivore (or plant-eater) is referred to as this type of consumer
What is a primary consumer?
This is the copying of cells
What is mitosis?
A small sequence of DNA that codes for trait is called this
What is a gene?
The variable that the scientist manipulates or changes
What is the independent variable?
The description for an organism that is shown to be RR
What is homozygous dominant?
A behavior or heritable trait that makes an organism fit
What is an adaptation?
A predator is also known as this
What is a consumer or a heterotroph?
This is the process of building proteins
What is protein synthesis?
This is the name of the sugar found in RNA
What is Ribose?
The movement of molecules across a semi-permeable membrane from high to low concentration
What is diffusion?
The term used for the physical trait of an organism
What is phenotype?
A human hand, bat wing, and dog leg are examples of this
What are homologous structures?
This happens as you move up the ecological pyramid
What is the energy decreases?
What is ATP?
What is Uracil?
A biological response that slows or stops a reaction
What is negative feedback?
The description of an organism that is shown to be Bb
What is heterozygous?
Mutations and crossing over are sources of this
What is variation?
This is a close relationship between two species
What is symbiosis?
This is the food molecule produced through photosynthesis
What is glucose?
A change in a nitrogen base in a sequence of a gene is called this
What is a mutation?
A biological response that amplifies the reaction
What is positive feedback?
Another name for sperm and egg cells
What are gametes?
The term used to describe the variety of life
What is biodiversity?
This happens over time after a lava flow
What is succession?
This is the process of creating an mRNA from a strand of DNA
What is transcription?
This is the process of creating an amino acid sequence from mRNA
What is translation?
An experimental variable is always compared to this
What is a control?
The term used to describe HH, Hh, and hh
What is genotype?
The four evidences of evolution
What are DNA, anatomy, embryology, and fossils?